Rajeev Shukla resigns from the post of IPL comissioner

New Delhi: IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla on Saturday resigned from the post of IPL commissioner in the wake of the raging spot-fixing scandal, piling up pressure on N Srinivasan to follow suit.

A day before the emergency meeting of the working committee in Chennai, Shukla took the decision to quit saying that he felt it necessary to do so in the light of the recent developments.

“I have decided to quit as IPL chairman. It is a decision which I was pondering over for some time. I think it is time to step down,” Shukla said.

He said that he never hankered for any position and was only discharging the responsibilities given to him.

“I have never hankered for any position in the BCCI. I will serve cricket in whatever role I am given,” he said.